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Metacognitive note-taking for creativity

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Re: Metacognitive note-taking for creativity

#2
>>Avoid information overload by keeping the system focused.

Then it uses headlines and toggling for further reading. I like when I see something doing what it says.

Combined with Bisociation: (A blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated patterns of thought into a new pattern.) Which seems like what happens non-stop when you're on LSD; everything seems connected. The explanation of what this is and how it creates "serendipity" is rather spot on for what manic states feel like, too.

The layout and aesthetic choices of the site/content is really pleasing and it has references. Nice job, T.

Re: Metacognitive note-taking for creativity

#5

> bisociation Is this like a club for buffalo or something?

> Bisociation works by attempting to form a connection between a target concept and a random stimulus concept.

> * Pick a target concept.

> * Randomly pick a stimulus concept.

> * Attempt to form an association or connection between the concepts.

Re: Metacognitive note-taking for creativity

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Metacognition seems like a technical term which isn’t defined. This is just dozens of bullet points. Is it when you have a thought about a thought? Seems too pedestrian for that.

Don't think it's deeper than that, it does just mean thinking about thinking. Which is exactly what the author is doing in this post.

Re: Metacognitive note-taking for creativity

#10
The whole page feels like the output of a stream of consciousness writing exercise, complete with the expected qualities of being incoherent, maundering, abstract, and hollow.

There can be pleasure in imagination and invention, of course, but in my view this is onanistic drivel. I would not be surprised if this came from GPT-3.

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